On Thu, 22 Jul 2010 08:02:52 +0200, Lucas Nussbaum <lu...@lucas-nussbaum.net> wrote: >On 22/07/10 at 14:22 +1000, Russell Coker wrote: >> On Thu, 22 Jul 2010, Lucas Nussbaum <lu...@lucas-nussbaum.net> wrote: >> > > That's an interesting idea. But where is the money going to come from? >> > >> > This idea is likely to get so much people against it that it's not worth >> > discussing. >> >> Involvement of Debian funds would cause problems, but there are other >> options. >> >> We could have Debian maintain a list of consultants and companies that >> provide >> phone and Jabber support. Also a mapping of consultants to areas of >> expertise >> would be good (EG if someone happens to need some paid expert advice on >> Debian >> SE Linux ;). > >We currently have 827 consultants in 64 countries listed on >http://www.debian.org/consultants/, which is pretty easy to find. It's >true that this listing could be improved, but still, it's there (also, >you are not listed).
It is also grossly ineffective. My company is listed there since 2004 and has received like three incoming questions and not a single buck of revenue via this medium. Greetings Marc -- -------------------------------------- !! No courtesy copies, please !! ----- Marc Haber | " Questions are the | Mailadresse im Header Mannheim, Germany | Beginning of Wisdom " | http://www.zugschlus.de/ Nordisch by Nature | Lt. Worf, TNG "Rightful Heir" | Fon: *49 621 72739834 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/e1ocxt4-0001ow...@swivel.zugschlus.de
